Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...match the local papers called "The Pride of the East versus the Best of the West" drew over 6,000 fans to the 82,000 capacity Berkeley Memorial Stadium. Outside of the San Francisco Press, the Bears, with a 10-1-1 record, were rated solid favorites to beat the snow-clogged Crimson...
Five years later the Club moved out to Harvard Stadium to stage its most magnificient spectacle, Agamemnon by Aeschylus. Under a light drizzle, a large audience gathered at the far end of the horseshoe to watch the Greek tragedy produced as it originally was. The setting was complete with horses and chariots, nothing less than a "brillant pageant, typical of the heroic days of ancient Greece," as the Herald enthusiastically said...
...become less sedate, and the performance will be less pretentious, but the idea is certainly as ambitious. Whether the critics rave again remains to be seen. But few will think that Greek drama has died at Harvard after the show has closed.For the 1906 production of Agamemnon, the Harvard Stadium was filled with a rather unusual brand of warrior...
...rain-dampened track at Melbourne's Olympic stadium, World Champion Miler John Landy figured to run his favorite distance in no better than 4:04. But as he breezed past the three-quarter-mile mark he heard his time announced as 3 min. flat. He decided to turn it on, finished the final quarter in a blazing 58.6 sec. to break the 4-min. barrier for the fourth time in five races. The 3:58.6 time is 0.6 sec. off Landy's world record...
...Crimson rugby team will make a fourth attempt at opening its spring season today with a match against the Barbarians Rugby Club of Montreal at 2:30 p.m. on Cambridge Field, next to the Stadium. Three previous attempts to open the season have brought varying quantities of snow...